Phanagoria
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thumb|200px|A terracotta vessel in the shape of a sphinx, 5th century BC. One of 26 similar pieces discovered in a feminine necropolis ("[[Demeter's priestess") near Phanagoria. On exhibit at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.]] Phanagoria (; ) was the largest ancient Greek city on the Taman peninsula, spread over two plateaus along the eastern shore of the Cimmerian Bosporus.
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Place details
- Locality
- Сенной
- Region
- Краснодарский край
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Phanagoria
- Ancient site.native_name
- Φαναγόρεια
- Ancient site.image
- Phanagoria excavations (2008).JPG
- Ancient site.alt
- The remains of the wall of a small structure are seen in the foreground, the Sea of Azov is visible in the background.
- Ancient site.caption
- The remains of Phanagoria
- Ancient site.map_type
- Russia Krasnodar Krai#European Russia
- Ancient site.map_alt
- Phanagoria lies in the south of European Russia, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
- Ancient site.location
- Sennoy, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
- Ancient site.region
- Taman Peninsula
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.builder
- Settlers from Teos
- Ancient site.built
- Approximately 543 BC
- Ancient site.epochs
- Archaic Greek to Medieval
- Ancient site.cultures
- Greek, Bulgar, Khazar
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruined
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Antiquity
- Middle Ages
- Ecclesiastical history
- Titular see
- Excavations
- Jewish synagogue and quarter
- Honours
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|200px|A terracotta vessel in the shape of a sphinx, 5th century BC. One of 26 similar pieces discovered in a feminine necropolis ("[[Demeter's priestess") near Phanagoria. On exhibit at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.]] Phanagoria (; ) was the largest ancient Greek city on the Taman peninsula, spread over two plateaus along the eastern shore of the Cimmerian Bosporus.
The city was a large emporium for all the traffic between the coast of the Maeotian marshes and the countries on the southern side of the Caucasus. It was the eastern capital of the Bosporan Kingdom, with Panticapaeum being the western capital. Strabo described it as a noteworthy city which was renowned for its trade. It was briefly a Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese while a medieval Genoese colony under the name Matrega, it remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phanagoria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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